Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Elasmobranchii
- order
- Carcharhiniformes
- family
- Carcharhinidae
- genus
- Carcharhinus
- species
- Carcharhinus leucas
Name
- Synonyms
- Carcharhinus azureus (Gilbert & Starks, 1904)
- Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Carcharhinus nicaraguensis (Gill, 1877)
- Carcharhinus vanrooyeni Smith, 1958
- Carcharhinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852)
- Carcharias azureus Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Carcharias leucas Müller & Henle, 1839
- Carcharias leucas Valenciennes, 1839
- Carcharias spenceri Ogilby, 1910
- Carcharias zambesensis Peters, 1852
- Carcharias zambezensis Peters, 1852
- Carcharicus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Carcharicus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Carcharinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Carcharinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Carcharinus zambesensis (Peters, 1852)
- Carcharinus zambezensis (Peters, 1852)
- Eulamia nicaraguensis Gill, 1877
- Galeolamna bogimba Whitley, 1943
- Galeolamna greyi mckaili Whitley, 1945
- Homonyms
- Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
- Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Common names
- Atlantische grondhaai in Dutch
- Atlantische grondhaai in Dutch
- Bikacápa in Hungarian
- Boriloha in Malagasy
- Boğa köpek balığı in Turkish
- Bukasnukis ryklys in Lithuanian
- Bulhaai in Afrikaans
- Bull shark in English
- Bullenhai in German
- Bullenhai in German
- Bullenhai in German
- Cabeza de batea in Spanish
- Carcarino in Italian
- Cação-fidalgo in Portuguese
- Cação-flamengo in Portuguese
- Chararm Hua-bart in Thai
- Cub shark in English
- Cucut bekeman in Javanese
- Cá Mập lơ - ca in Vietnamese
- Cá mập bò mắt trắng in Vietnamese
- Ehouatagbo in language.
- Estuary Shark in English
- Estuary Whaler Shark in English
- Freshwater Whaler in English
- Gayarre in Spanish
- Gaïdé guedj in Wolof
- Gemeine Grundhai in German
- Gemeine Grundhai in German
- Gemeiner Grundhai in German
- Hervey Bay Whaler Shark in English
- Hiu banteng in Indonesian
- Hius buas in Javanese
- Härkähai in Finnish
- Jerung in Malay
- Jerung sapi in Malay
- Kooseh in Persian
- Lake Nicaragua Shark in English
- Macipunde in language.
- Madjibundi in language.
- Madrecazón in Spanish
- Malie in Samoan
- Marracho touro in Portuguese
- Morski pas bik in Croatian
- Nautháfur in Icelandic
- Ngan.gu in language.
- Ngangu in language.
- Ngawoonkoo in language.
- Nkwégnan in language.
- Oksehai in Norwegian Bokmål
- Omejirozame in Japanese
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